Apple Maps already showing signs of improvement

As we have tried to impress upon our readership a number of times, Apple's new Maps app in iOS is a first try. It may not be a perfect first try, but to compare it to Google Maps, which has had at least 7 years of development is simply unfair. Apple has dealt with the iOS 6 fiasco far better than one would normally expect from the company. It has apologized, hired new people to help fix it, and even suggested alternatives to users looking for a better maps experience. Coming from the company that simply said, "You're holding it wrong," that's a pretty big shift.

And, along with Apple's response being better than expected; now, less than one month after the full launch, iOS Maps is already showing signs of improvement. One of the more visible issues has been problems with the Flyover feature in iOS Maps. Terrain has looked warped, and landmarks have simply looked terrible. But, that is starting to get sorted out, as you can see in the image on the right, Apple has fixed some of the Flyover views.

Apple seems to be starting in the more populated areas like NYC, so if you live in a more remote area you may not be seeing improvements just yet. Unfortunately, there has been no word yet on improvements to the navigation results, but at least there is proof that Apple is working to make the product better, which is good, because there is a long way to go.

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Yes, revolutionary signs of improvement, its like when you are wearing clothes, take them off, wear clothes which are worse than the previous one, call it "game changing" and a few other typical apple adjectives and then wash your clothes and say, " see I am looking better"
Noobs at Apple.

You're rite about that. It will take time to catch goog, and Nokia but apple knows this. They r hard at work in it though, so expect it to b really good in time. Google maps is the standard though. That cannot b denied.

True but Nokia has their own maps, google has their own maps. These r major brands with a huge advantage in mapping. The apple brand can only benefit by having their own map app to further their brand too. Microsoft is doing it too

well time will tell how successful this is, sadly and even you will admit it apple has let there arrogance take them over. they claimed there maps was the best straight off....... that's where most of the problem lays.

although i cant stand apples way of dealing with competition and business this is about there maps so no need to bring everythin else up in this article.

one thing i will point out is this line

''compare it to Google Maps, which has had at least 7 years of development is simply unfair..

well its not unfair as google maps is one that it has to compete with, time for development doesn't mean it shouldn't be compared to it......this line does seems biased and defensive of apple maps. it has to be compared to its competitors

Yet another s____p post. C'mon droiders u guys blast/bash//jab apple so much, and insult its user base so much that you're all running out of stuff to say. Some of your insults r getting so s____d that they don't even make me laugh anymore. What do u do now.

U actually basically said that years from now and millions of dollars, and man hrs that it'll actually b worse than at launch. That doesn't even make a lick of sense. I mean c'mon dude at least bash with intelligence. What sense does that make man.

and there are alternatives to apple maps that are leagues ahead making it harder to compete, as even if apple improve there maps google and nokia will too so why didnt apple buy into nokia maps ( didnt say google as we all know apple are petty and dont want anything google on its devices if they can stop it)

and the main reason all this is happening is apples arrogance, what did they say about apple maps when it was released , they said it was the most powerful maps ever (or something along those lines) if they had called it beta there wouldn't be this big issue .

"It may not be a perfect first try, but to compare it to Google Maps, which has had at least 7 years of development is simply unfair".... Well do you think it was fair for them to claim that it is the most powerful mobile mapping service?

"Coming from the company that simply said, "You're holding it wrong," that's a pretty big shift.".... they don't deserve a pat on the back for doing what they are supposed to do and take responsibility for their own flaws.

I had google maps in the mytouch 3G back in 08 or 09 and let's jus say it needed work. It got that work and now is about the best there is. For some reason though apple can't have time to fix theirs. Hmmmmm

Well first of all apple doesn't need to b given an opportunity, they create their own. Second of all since its payback time for u, at least pay back with some intelligent posts dude cuz yours r severely lacking it.

I don't buy it Michael. You are being an apologist for Apple in this article. Since 2009, they have been in acquisition of already existing companies??? How long have THOSE said companies been around and in the mapping business?

Apple never ever wants to be "good enough". They want to be the best; hence, they said it was the best mapping experience. Tim Cook had to apologize for the utter failure. If they wanted "good enough", no apology would be needed now, would it?

Look, they failed, admitted it and now they are trying to fix it. Too confident. They brought a knife to a gun fight, and lost. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'm not surprised. This is Apple, after all. Nokia needed more than 10 years to make their maps, Google needed about 5-6 years, Apple did it in about an year and a half, and I can bet my hat, that by the end of the year, their maps and navigation will be one of the best.

"Just take a look at a G1 running Android 1.5 compared to a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.1, and think about how that change happened over the course of just 4 years. Now, try to imagine what Apple Maps will look like 4 years from now."

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